Best Place to Shoot Pool (2011)

It might remind you a little bit of your best friend's basement back in the day where you'd go to get away from your parents, except the Ocean's 8 at Brownstone Billiards pool hall in Brooklyn is a lot bigger and, most notably, it serves beer on tap and lots of different types, too. Through the modest entrance and down the steps, the place is cavernous and vast with more than a dozen tables, Ping-Pong, air hockey, big televisions, a full bar and pub-food menu. 308 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-857-5555, oceans8atbrownstone.com (11238)